Early the next morning, inside the Fairy Tail Guild hall.
"Haah~ I'm so bored..." Achill sprawled on a long table, yawning lazily.
"Hey! You—" Makarov's face darkened at the sight. "Haven't you been lazing around long enough? Look, Le Qi, Erza, and the others have all gone out on jobs! As their older brother, couldn't you take a job and make yourself useful too?!"
"Tch~ What's it to you?" Achill rolled his eyes and said languidly, "You're not in charge of me~ As a great guild master, shouldn't I just leave things like requests entirely to my members?"
"That doesn't mean you can keep freeloading here all day!!!" Makarov snapped. "As the master of a wizard guild, shouldn't you set a good example for your members?! Haven't you noticed that those brats in your guild have all gone out on jobs too?!"
"Aren't you doing the same thing? What right do you have to lecture me..." Rolling over, Achill gave Makarov a scornful sidelong glance. "Besides, I've already set a good example. Haven't you noticed that all my guild members eat and drink here for free, just like me...? Well? Pretty great, right?! What a wonderful example~" Having said that, he basked in his own greatness for a moment.
Makarov rolled his eyes furiously, but that really was the truth. In Achill's Macho's Kasaya Guild, aside from Laxus, the walking generator, the others—Wendy, a certain unidentified flying object, and a certain cleavage enthusiast—had already formed an invincible army of freeloaders, led by their unreliable, shameless guild master Achill! Whenever mealtime rolled around, unless they were away on a job and hadn't returned, they were guaranteed to be mooching meals at the Fairy Tail Guild! It left Makarov both heartbroken and under tremendous pressure~
Achill's enormous appetite needed no explanation. He